FEASTS OF THE WEEK
Monday: Feast of the Presentation – Blessing
of candles at all Masses
Tuesday: Feast of St Blaise – Blessing of throats
at all Masses
FIRST FRIDAY Friday, 6th February is the
1st Friday of the month.
VISITATION OF HOUSEBOUND Fr Colhoun
– Thursday/Friday, 5th/6th February.
Long
Tower Church 1909-2009
CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS –
NEXT WEEK
Monday 9th February 2009
UNVEILING OF THE STATIONS
IN THE GALLERY
Wednesday 11th February
TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION IN HONOUR
OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES
6:.00 pm Angelus and Unveiling of new plaque –
at Lecky Road Grotto
6.15 pm Torchlight Procession – through the
streets
7.30 pm Mass – in Long Tower
All welcome!
P.S. We will provide a
battery operated processional candle for £1.
THE NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF
LOURDES begins on Tuesday 3rd February and
ends on Wednesday 11th February. You will find novena
leaflets at the doors.
THE DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES
will not take place this year due to a prohibitive
increase in cost.
THE PARISH RETREAT – a real treat!
Sunday 22nd to Friday 27th
February
ACCOMMODATION NEEDED FOR MISSIONERS
Would you have a spare room or two to accommodate
our missioners for a week? No need to offer meals,
just a bed for the nights. The retreat will be given
by a diocesan priest, a Franciscan Brother and some
lay missioners from St Patrick’s Community in
Carrick-on-Shannon. We would be very grateful if any
parishioners could give a week’s lodgings to
a missioner. Accommodation dates: Saturday 21st to
Friday 27th February. Please give your name, address
and phone number to the Sacristy or Parochial House.
Many thanks in advance!
REQUIESCANT IN PACE
We extend our sincere sympathy
to the family and friends of
John Donnelly, 58
Ivy Terrace,
Anne McGavigan, 98 Foyle Road and
Rosemary Martin, 152 Lecky Road.
May they rest in peace.
BAPTISMS
We welcome: Aiden Keenan, 11 Iveagh Park,
Kian McLaughlin, 1 Three Gables, Ronan Sweeney, 17
Foxhill, Callum Ferguson, 58 Norburgh Park, Hayden
Chauhan Cassidy, Drumahoe, Eoin Head, Kent and Máeve
Doherty, 1 Greenwood Ave, who were all baptised recently.
ENGAGED? Getting married within the
next year? An Engaged Encounter Weekend is a recognised
form of marriage preparation. The weekend is non-residential
and will take place in the Thornhill Centre, Derry
on 21st and 22nd February. Early booking is advised.
For information contact 7930 0340 or 2763 8512 after
4.30pm.
A VOCATIONS INFORMATION DAY takes
place on Saturday 14th February from 11.00 am to 4.00
pm in Thornhill Retreat Centre. For information contact
7126 4087 or 8166 1475.
A WORKSHOP ON MARRIAGE to renew your
Wedding Vows: Marriage Encounter is a weekend away
(Friday 8pm to Sunday 5pm) for married couples of
all ages with a stable relationship. Couples explore,
in complete privacy, how to come to a deeper mutual
understanding of each other. The date for the next
Marriage Encounter weekend is 27th to 29th March,
Dromantine Conference Centre, Newry. Phone: 9062 6503.
THE ALIVE CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER requires new
volunteers to promote the word of God to people in
their own locality. It is a free paper which can be
delivered door-to-door once a month. New volunteers
would be required to spend 2 to 3 hours every month.
To volunteer please contact Yvonne Douglas in Dublin
on 00-353-1-4048 194 or email yvonne.douglas1@gmail.com
ST JOSEPH’S YOUNG PRIESTS SOCIETY meeting
in St Columb’s Hall on Sunday, 1st February
at 3.00 pm. All welcome.
DIABETIC ASSOCIATION Meeting on Wednesday,
4th February at 8.00 pm in the Multi Disciplinary
Unit of Altnagelvin Hospital.
SCHOOL OPEN DAYS
ST MARY’S COLLEGE welcomes
transferring pupils and their parents to attend Open
Day in the College on Sunday 1st February from 2.00
pm to 5.00 pm. Principals address 2.15 pm and 3.15
pm. If you are unable to attend please contact the
school at 7136 2154 to make alternative arrangements.
LUMEN CHRISTI COLLEGE OPEN DAY will take
place on Sunday 8 February 2009 in the College in
Bishop Street. The College Principal, Mr P. O’Doherty,
will address P7 pupils and their parents at 3.00 pm
or 4.00 pm. Further information is available on the
College website: www.lumenchristicollege.co.uk
ULSTER PROJECT 2009 Applications
are invited from young people in Year 11 at post-primary
schools for this year’s Ulster Project. This
is a cross-community initiative to help foster better
understanding within our society and it is church-based.
Participants will join with others from Derry on a
month long visit to the United States in July 09.
Application forms are available at your parish or
from Fr Stephen McLaughlin, St Mary’s, Creggan,
Derry Tel: 71263152 or Email stephendoire@aol.com.
Due to increased costs – participants pay £450
and are expected to raise an additional £400
in sponsorship.
CREGGAN PRE-SCHOOL & TRAINING TRUST have
places available in the crèche for children
aged 0-3 yrs. For further information on these sessions
please telephone 7126 7060.
GAELIC FOOTBALL Doire Colmcille GAC
will be holding a registration evening in St Columb’s
College Sports Hall on Tuesday 3rd February from 6.30
pm to 8.00 pm for new and existing boys and girls,
from under 8’s to under 18’s. Everyone
welcome.
COURSE FOR ADULTS IN LUMEN CHRISTI COLLEGE
Aerobics/Body Combat Wednesdays from 7.00 pm to 8.00
pm. There is no charge for this activity.
LAST WEEK’S PRIESTS COLLECTION £2611.00
LAST WEEK’S RENOVATION COLLECTION £ 601.00
WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THE ANONYMOUS DONATIONS TO THE RESTORATION FUND: £10,
£5, £20, £20, £10, £100.
FR HAMILTON wishes to acknowledge jubilee donation
of £50 towards the Long Tower.
SUICIDAL?
Counselling available
at ZEST, 15 Queen Street, 7126 6999.
P.S.
‘If people want to have hope and find meaning
in their lives, they need to take God out of the "parentheses".
(Pope Benedict XVI)
